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French GM corn cancer researcher to detail work — 15 January 2013, 22:35 CET

A French researcher who claims a link between genetically modified corn and cancer says he will publish his work - a day after the EU, which has cleared the maize, promised to make public its own assessment.

Euro-MPs regret France left alone in Mali — 15 January 2013, 22:10 CET

Members of the European Parliament Tuesday hailed France's military intervention in Mali while regretting the European Union's failure to take part as a bloc in the battle against West Africa's terrorist groups.

EU to speed up Mali mission at crisis talks — 15 January 2013, 16:12 CET

European Union foreign ministers are set to speed up the dispatch of an EU mission to train Mali's army and discuss how best to back up an African intervention force at extraordinary talks Thursday, diplomats said.

Ashton confirms Mali crisis talks this week — 14 January 2013, 23:11 CET

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday confirmed she had convened an extraordinary meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers to discuss the crisis in Mali.

EU releases all data on GM corn linked to cancer — 15 January 2013, 13:43 CET

The EU's food safety agency challenged its doubters on Monday, making available all the scientific information used to clear a genetically modified corn which a French researcher had linked to cancer.

Juncker backs French woman to head new bank supervisor — 10 January 2013, 13:41 CET

The head of the European Union's new banking regulator should be a woman and in this first instance, come from France, outgoing eurozone head Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday.

Finland asks EU to probe France ship deal — 08 January 2013, 17:41 CET

Finland said Tuesday it has asked the European Commission to shed light on French state subsidies given to shipbuilder STX France to help it clinch a one billion-euro cruise ship order.

France, Belgium pump fresh capital into Dexia bank — 31 December 2012, 20:34 CET

Belgium and France have subscribed to a 5.5 billion euro injection of capital to bail out the Dexia bank, in line with a restructuring plan approved by the European Commission last week.

EU clears latest Dexia restructuring plan — 28 December 2012, 15:50 CET

The European Commission has approved the latest, 90-billion-euros restructuring plan for Dexia, a Franco-Belgian bank bailed out at the height of the financial crisis which has struggled ever since.

French shipyard lands billion-euro luxury liner deal — 28 December 2012, 15:53 CET

Officials hailed some rare good news for France's struggling economy on Friday after an ailing shipyard landed a billion-euro contract to build a luxury liner for a US cruise company.

France has obligation to reverse budget deficit: Moscovici — 27 December 2012, 17:50 CET

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Thursday his country had a "duty" to reverse years of budget deficits.

French general to lead EU training force in Mali — 26 December 2012, 22:36 CET

French general Francois Lecointre, a veteran of peacekeeping missions in Africa, will lead an EU mission to train soldiers in Mali, whose north is under the control of Islamists.

France needs more reform not austerity: EU's Rehn — 21 December 2012, 12:57 CET

EU Economy Commissioner Olli Rehn said Friday that France needed more reform rather than more austerity, suggesting a slower fiscal adjustment a day after the government's ability to meet its deficit target was called into question.

Almunia recommends latest Dexia restructuring — 20 December 2012, 15:15 CET

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Thursday he would recommend that the European Union approve next week the latest bank guarantee accord for bailed out Franco-Belgian lender Dexia.

Poland, France want an EU farm aid budget increase — 14 December 2012, 16:59 CET

Poland and France will join forces in a bid to increase the EU's farm aid funds, which are already the overall budget's most expensive item, their agriculture ministers said on Friday.

'Inaction' not option in Syria, says Cameron, EU 'appalled' — 14 December 2012, 16:59 CET

Doing nothing is not an option in Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday as his European Union counterparts pledged to look at "all options" available to support the opposition and civilians.

EU crisis times over: Hollande — 14 December 2012, 10:52 CET

The times of crisis and confusion for the European Union are over, French President Francois Hollande said Friday.

Assad losing, must go as quickly as possible: France — 14 December 2012, 10:52 CET

Syrian leader President Bashar al-Assad is losing the fight against rebel forces and must be made to leave as quickly as possible, French President Francois Hollande said Friday.

France, Germany bury hatchet to nail EU bank deal — 13 December 2012, 22:04 CET

France and Germany, seemingly set on divergent political paths, pulled out all the stops Thursday to lay the symbolic foundation stone towards greater eurozone integration.

Romania probes EUR 85m bank fraud — 13 December 2012, 18:44 CET

Two banks operating in Romania have been hit by an 85-million-euro fraud carried out by a criminal group that took out a string of illegal corporate loans its members never repaid, prosecutors said Thursday.

Hollande hails EU banking deal as 'major' and 'global' — 13 December 2012, 16:39 CET

French President Francois Hollande hailed on Thursday a EU banking agreement reached overnight that European Union officials hope will ring-fence banks in trouble to prevent future crises, terming it a "global" and "major agreement."

Hollande to meet Merkel ahead of EU summit: sources — 13 December 2012, 11:42 CET

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a meeting Thursday just ahead of the last EU leaders' summit of the year, official sources said.

France asks European Parliament to lift Le Pen immunity — 11 December 2012, 16:22 CET

French authorities have asked the European Parliament to lift the immunity of far-right leader Marine Le Pen so she can be prosecuted for comparing Islamic prayers to the Nazi occupation, officials said Tuesday.

Euro crisis 'behind us': France's Hollande — 10 December 2012, 22:01 CET

French President Francois Hollande said Monday in Oslo that the eurozone crisis was "behind us," as he lauded work the European Union has done to "resolve the problems."

South Stream says undersea construction to begin in 2014 — 10 December 2012, 15:59 CET

Construction of the undersea section of the South Stream gas pipeline linking Russia to European consumers will only begin in 2014, the consortium said Monday after a major ceremony led by President Vladimir Putin launched the project.